‘Political polarisation makes national institutions controversial’

Spokesman to Prime Minister Dr Musadik Malik on Tuesday said political polarisation had made national institutions controversial as he urged political parties to manifest serenity in resolution of issues. “Political parties are so polarised that they take extreme positions whenever any incident occurs,” he said contesting the panelists at a private news channel programme regarding return of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s petition by the Supreme Court. He said when the government had written to the apex court for constituting a commission on Panama papers, the court had returned the request by citing the existing law as toothless and now it had returned the PTI’s petition stating it as frivolous. “Both the comments have come from the highest forum,” he added. He said comments on the Supreme Court’s observation were regrettable as instead of removing the shortcoming from the petition, political leaders started commenting on the court’s observation.